Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm: replace get_user_pages_unlocked() write/force parameters with gup_flags

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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date
2016-10-18 12:50:26
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Lorenzo Stoakes, 2016-10-13
On Thu 13-10-16 01:20:13, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
This patch removes the write and force parameters from get_user_pages_unlocked()
and replaces them with a gup_flags parameter to make the use of FOLL_FORCE
explicit in callers as use of this flag can result in surprising behaviour (and
hence bugs) within the mm subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted>
Looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza
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Jan Kara [off-list ref]
SUSE Labs, CR
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